Counseling Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Behavior: Principles and Practices of Catholic Priests

Hoga, Luíza Akiko Komura; Tibúrcio, Cristiane Alves; Borges, Ana Luíza Vilela; Zóboli, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone; Chavez-Alvarez, Rocio Elizabeth

doi:10.1590/s0104-11692010000600026

“…In this regard, Subbarao and Akhilesh (2017) maintained that parents rarely discuss sexual issues with children, as they are considered taboos (Subbarao & Akhilesh, 2017). Similarly, Hoga, in the Brazilian context, drew attention to the necessity of considering moral aspects and religious perspectives in discussing sexual issues (Hoga, Tiburcio, Borges, Zoboli, & Chavez-Alvarez, 2010). Hence, due to the global significance of AIDS and as school students are among the main age group at risk in Iran, authorities are recommended to take the issue into account seriously and pay special attention to this group.…”

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Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Dadipoor

¹

,

Shahsavari

²

,

Ghaffari

³

et al. 2019

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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This paper attempts to assess the knowledge and attitude on HIV/AIDS among school students of Iran. The following data sources were searched for eligible studies: Medline, Science Direct, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, SID, ISC, Magiran, and Google Scholar from 1990 to the end of 2016. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the 22-item STROBE checklist. The highest level of awareness belonged to sharing clothes (93.15) and blood transfusion, respectively (86.31), while the lowest level of awareness was related to transmitting HIV from mother to child (42.05). The study identified a substantial gap in the knowledge, negative attitude towards HIV/AIDS and its transmission among Iranian school students. Accordingly, schools should be regarded as one of the main focuses of activities in the strategies of AIDS risk reduction, and education of school students about all aspects of HIV/AIDS has to be considered seriously by the education policymakers.

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Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

Byrne

¹

,

Doherty²,

Fridlund

³

et al. 2014

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Sexual problems are common among people with cardiovascular disease. Although clinical guidelines recommend sexual counselling for patients and their partners, there is little evidence on its effectiveness. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of sexual counselling interventions (in comparison to usual care) on sexuality-related outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease and their partners. Search methods We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and three other databases up to 2 March 2015 and two trials registers up to 3 February 2016. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs, including individual and cluster RCTs. We included studies that compared any intervention to counsel adult cardiac patients about sexual problems with usual care. Data collection and analysis We used standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane. Main results We included three trials with 381 participants. We were unable to pool the data from the included studies due to the differences in interventions used; therefore we synthesised the trial findings narratively. 1 Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease (Review)

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Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

Byrne

¹

,

Doherty

²

,

Fridlund

³

et al. 2016

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Sexual problems are common among people with cardiovascular disease. Although clinical guidelines recommend sexual counselling for patients and their partners, there is little evidence on its effectiveness. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of sexual counselling interventions (in comparison to usual care) on sexuality-related outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease and their partners. Search methods We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and three other databases up to 2 March 2015 and two trials registers up to 3 February 2016. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs, including individual and cluster RCTs. We included studies that compared any intervention to counsel adult cardiac patients about sexual problems with usual care. Data collection and analysis We used standard methodological procedures expected by Cochrane. Main results We included three trials with 381 participants. We were unable to pool the data from the included studies due to the differences in interventions used; therefore we synthesised the trial findings narratively. Two trials were conducted in the USA and one was undertaken in Israel. All trials included participants who were admitted to hospital with myocardial infarction (MI), and one trial also included participants who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting. All trials followed up participants for a minimum of three months post-intervention; the longest follow-up timepoint was five months. One trial (N = 92) tested an intensive (total five hours) psychotherapeutic sexual counselling intervention delivered by a sexual therapist. One trial (N = 115) used a 15-minute educational video plus written material on resuming sexual activity following a MI. One trial (N = 174) tested the addition of a component that focused on resumption of sexual activity following a MI within a hospital cardiac rehabilitation programme. The quality of the evidence for all outcomes was very low. None of the included studies reported any outcomes from partners. Two trials reported sexual function. One trial compared intervention and control groups on 12 separate sexual function subscales and used a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) test. They reported statistically significant differences in favour of the intervention. One trial compared intervention and control groups using a repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), and concluded: "There were no significant differences between the two groups [for sexual function] at any of the time points". Two trials reported sexual satisfaction. In one trial, the authors compared sexual satisfaction between intervention and control and used a repeated measured ANOVA; they reported "differences were reported in favour of the intervention". One trial compared intervention and control with a repeated measures ANCOVA and reported: "There were no significant differences between the two groups [for sexual satisfaction] at any of the timepoints". All three included trials reported the number of pati...

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Counseling Regarding Sexual and Reproductive Behavior: Principles and Practices of Catholic Priests

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Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Iranian school students’ awareness of and attitude towards HIV/AIDS: a systematic review

Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

Sexual counselling for sexual problems in patients with cardiovascular disease

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